In this particular case, the Czech Assay office refuse to recognise hallmarks used by the Dutch Assay office on jewellery, claiming that these hallmarks don’t allow them to distinguish between products originating in the EU and products originating from third countries (such as China and Hong Kong).

15. Deplores the fact that the new draft legislation on the Control and Audit Office would still not establish full independence given that, for example, the Auditor-General and his deputy would be appointed by the executive branch instead of the legislative branch; points out that this is not compliant with the Mexico Declaration on Supreme Audit Institutions' Independence; calls on the Commission, therefore, to insist on the establishment of full financial and operational independence of the Control and Audit Office of Afghanistan in the legislation and on strengthening capacity; reminds the Commission that full independence, suffic ...[+++]ient capacity and funding of the Control and Audit Office should be considered essential conditions for introducing direct budget support;

procedures and formats for how safety information is to be documented and designation of procedure for configuration control of vital safety information;

We have Marta Caris, the acting director of the bureau of pharmaceutical assessment; Hélène Goulet, the director of strategies and systems for health directorate; and Denis Choinière, acting coordinator, regulatory and compliance program, office of tobacco control.

Euratom safeguards control in the context of enlargement: It should be stressed that the JRC has developed extensive expertise in the field of nuclear fuel safeguards (for example, development of seals, remote control techniques, sample analysis, etc.); the Euratom Safeguards Office makes extensive use of this expertise.

For example, circular 346410 of 30 October 1998, issued by the civil aviation department of the Italian Ministry of Transport and circular 133/U of 21 April 1999, issued by the Bergamo-Orio al Serio Air Traffic Control Office, provide for the granting of authorisation for the express purpose of carrying out border controls, and specifically state that these shall apply to all flights, without distinction, within and outside the Schengen area (actual words of circular 133/U).